The MLB logo, one of the most iconic symbols in sports, features a silhouetted batter poised to swing against a background divided into red and blue halves. It is a perfect stance, idealized ...

The MLB logo may be one of the most recognizable graphics in all of sport. Indeed, it is right up there with the NFL shield and the lion of the English Premier League in terms of global sports icons.

Like all great symbols, the simplicity of Major League Baseball’s logo is what makes it so effective. It’s just the colorless silhouette of a batter, a bat, and a baseball against a blue and ...